Instagram is working on a feature called Folder Management to organize your chats in its app. The unreleased feature will put messages in different folders that you can rename and re-order.
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Meta has announced new safety measures for teenagers who use Instagram and Facebook, preventing them from getting DMs from anyone they don't follow, no matter what their age might be.
The freshly launched app Threads doesn't offer its users the ability to send direct messages. According to Instagram's head, as of now, they don't have any plans to build another inbox for the users.
Twitter will allegedly implement new rules for DMs. Free users will have limits on sending DMs to non-followers, requiring mutual following for unlimited access. Read on for the details.
Twitter's encrypted DMs are now available for eligible users on the latest versions of its app for mobile and web. The feature only works for verified users, verified organizations, and affiliates.
Earlier today Slack enabled a feature where it was possible to send a DM invite to anyone on Slack, if you know their email address. It was also possible to harass that person with a custom message.
Slack has announced a handful of new capabilities for Slack Connect, which lets you communicate with people outside your organization. Now, you can send DMs to anyone from another company.
The EFF has said that the recent Twitter breach further highlights the need for direct messages to be end-to-end encrypted. The firm, two years ago, told Senator Wyden it would add the feature.
Twitter has started building search functionality for Direct Messages, allowing you to search past DMs for people or groups; searching by message content is not possible at the moment.
Twitter is making another change to its social network and it's dropping the character limit on direct messages. Coupled with other recent changes, the company hopes this will help its users.
Anthony Noto, the CFO for Twitter has accidentally revealed plans that the company is about to try to buy another company by tweeting the intent rather than via direct message.
Twitter has started rolling out a new option that lets anyone enable direct messaging for non followers. The option will most likely be welcomed by businesses so they can interact with their customers
Twitter, ahead of its scheduled IPO, seems to be experimenting with a new way to bring breaking news to its users. Following a certain account will bring important news directly into users' inboxes.